Where does “monsignor” come from?
Monsignor comes from Italian monsignore, from French monseigneur, from French seigneur meaning "lord," from Latin senior meaning "elder," from Latin senex meaning "old man."
monsignor (English): An ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman...
Definitions
- An ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman...
Ancestry of “monsignor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | monsignore | Monsignor |
| 2 | French | monseigneur | monseigneur; Monsignor |
| 3 | French | seigneur | lord; seigneur |
| 4 | Middle French | seigneur | lord; sire |
| 5 | Old French | seignor | lord; sire; master |
| 6 | Latin | senior | older, elder; rather old; a lord, sir; an abbot |
| 7 | Latin | senex | old, aged, elderly; old person, old man, old... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sénos | old |